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voL. VIII. NO.-1787.

NORWALK. CONN, THURS DAY EVENING, JANUARY-261898.

 

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nine: STRUGGLE WITH THE POLICE.

 

AFTER SENDING TWO SOULS EINTO ETERNITY, THE

BRUTE TAKES POSSESSION or TI-IE NEIcI-I-

BORHOOD AND KEEPS. TI-IE

CROW D AT BAY.

 

Connecticut's slist of flightful trage-
dies was added to last evening bya
double murder. Edward A. Duff took
the lives of his wife and mother-in-law
at their home, 45 Greene street, New
Haven. The shooting occurred at 6
o’clock, both of the victims dying al-
most instantly, and the murderer was
taken a few minutes after at the corner
of Greene and Franklin streets. I

Mrs. Duff and her two children, Flor-
ence aged 14, and Charles, aged 12,
lived with her mother, Mrs. Mary'Ma-
her on therlower floor at 45 Greene
street. With them lived two boarders,
John T. Reilly, and Herbert Lathrop.
Duff had not lived with his family for;
nearly a dozen years, but had been

'-’-‘ispending a few" days at the house.
Since leaving his family he has spent
most of *his time in Harthrd and he

 

I has tried many times to get his wife to

go to live with him there. Thismatter
is said to have been a subject of con-
versation between Duff and his wife on
the present visit. t '
The two boarders had last. evening
just finished their supper and Lathrpp
had gone out when Duff came in and
asked to see his wife alone. They two
retired into the kitchen while Reilly
'Maher re-
mained in the dining room. As Reilly
was shaving he heard a. pistol report
twice, and immediately hisdoorbpened
and Mrs.‘ Maher broke in with the
I blood strfiaming from her breast ex-

' went to his room and Mrs.

claiming, “I’m shot, send for a doctor,
1‘ quick!”
Reilly caught Mrs. ' Mah er
I arms as she was about to fall and placed

in his

heron the bed. Duff soon after en-
tered the rdom brandishing an immense
revolver and approached the bed on
Reilly
grasped the brute and a desperate.

which Mrs. Maher lay dying.

struggle ensued in which Reilly was

defenseless. Duff Shot once, just graz-

ing the back of Reilly’s neck and then

freed himself, went to the bed and put-

ting the muzzle close to his mother-in-

law’s chin fired the shot that ended
her life.

Reilly rushed out of the house to get
the police, Duff followed and in the
presence of the crowd, which the shots
had drawn, he went up to the prostrate
form of his wife who had fallen across
the sidewalk with her head hanging
over the curb. First brandishing the
gun about, to intimidate the crowd, he

I deliberately put a bullet into the dead
body behind the'left car. After ,thus
ending two lives he went back to the
open door of his house and fired into
the hallway at the head of his daugh-.
ter, Florence, but missed her. I

The first shot fired by Duff Was in the
kitchen, and struck his wife in the up-
pel part of the left lung, passing clean
through and lodging 1n the jamb of a
cupboard door. The wounded and dy—
ing woman ran into the ‘street while
Duff turned to attack her mother ‘who

. started from her seat at the table-in the
adjoining room as the shot ,v'vas’~ heard.

ihThcn it was that Duff, satisfied that

 

 

”those'gathered about his dead wifef '

 

he had disposed of his wife, rushed af-
ter Mrs. Maher who ran, shrieking
and bleeding into the room of Reilly
for protection. .

In the meantime the whole house had
been aroused by the reports of the re-
volver and the shouts that were heard
in the ‘Maher apartment. Then, too,
the sight of Mrs. Duff as she fled to the
walk covered with blood caused con-
sternation among those who were at
Mrs.
on the walk and died almost in an in-
stant after.

the time passing.

Acrowd quickly gather-
ed and were in great excitement 'when
the murderer appeared on the front
stoop with the revolver in his hand.
He rushed down the steps and faced

Dufi' was instantly surrounded by the

crowd'which was increasing but none-

of them laid hands on him in conse-
quence of his quickness in covering
anyone attempting to approach him.
The fiend walked about and then start-
ed up the street brandishing his weapon
which was empty. At the corner of
Hamilton and Greene streets he stop-
ped and re-loaded the chambers in full
view under the electric light. He
started to enter 3‘. saloon at the corner
of Franklin street, but turned back
again to the sidewalk.

Lieutenant Joseph E. Condren, of
Steamer No. 4, came along the street
and learned of the cause of the excite-
ment. He made for Duff who turned
on him with the fresh] yloaded gun and
said: “'I’ve no grudgelagainst you, but
Condren tried
dodging behind theman to get in a

don’t come any nearer.”

lead on him but the murderer was too

quick for him and kept him at bay.
Edward Cantwell heard the first of

the shooting and the women’s screams

and he'rushed to a telephone and called

the police, The wagon arrived at the
scene of the shooting in an incredibly
short time and was directed in pursuit
of Duff, taking, on Cantwell to identify
him. The wagon drew up on the mur-
derer at the corner of Franklin street

l just after the scene with Fireman Con-
"dren and Duff immediately co'v cred

Driver Kendall with his gum-with the
taunt, “Yes, I’m here.”

It "was a rare chance for bravery on
the part of the officers and they showed
it fully. Officer Doody sprang from
the wagon and dashed by Duff, grap-
pling him by the neck and left arm
while OlficerEnrlght snatched the pistol
These two with Officers
Linsley and McGuinness had all the
work they wanted in handling the man
in the wagon on the way to the station.
In getting out of the wagon at the sta-
tiou Duff made a desperate attempt to
break away.

Duff is a min about forty years of
age, an expert tool-maker by trade,
and waswell-dressed. He comes from
a Hartfbrd family of goo'd standing, ' of
Which" he is said to have been always
the “black sheep.” He is of a mas-
sive build, tall and with the bearing of

from his hand.

immense strength and a brutal nature.

Duff dropped '

 

He was not in the least under the in-
fluence of liquor and showed no signs
of anythingbut perfect sanity. After
the coroner had finished with him the
prisoner was taken to the central sta-
tion and Doctor Gaynor wvas called to
dress the cuts and bruises which he
had sustained in his struggles with the
police. Under-the doctor’s needlethe
brutal murderer showed himself a verit—
able coward. He successlully resisted
allthe doctor’s attempts until. Captain
Cowles and Officer Beegan got the fe‘l-
lowlon his back and put on the hand-
cuffs. The work of taking the stltches,
proceeded to the accompaniment of
I When the doctbr’s-
operations were finished Duff was con—,-

awful groans.

finedéin a cell.
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A BAD DRINK.

Hard Cider lncifes Aged Rufus French to
a Murderous Assault Upon
His Son’s Wile.

Rufus W. French, an aged resident
of Porter’s Hill district in Trumbull,
who is charged with assault upon his
son’s wife, will be tried before Jilstice
Warren E. Plumb on Monday. It is
claimed that last week Friday the Old
gentleman partook of too much hard
cider and became quarrelsome, first
pursuing his granddaughter with a
pitchfork and afterwards attacking his

. daughter-in-law with a carving knife.

She made a plucky resistance and es-
caped to the house of the nearest
neighbor, Joseph Hawley, with one
hand out and gashed. ,

Walter French, son of the accused
and husband of his father’s victim,
was, summoned, and after learning the
facts of the case entered a complaint
with Grand Juror Austin Nichols. A
warrant was issued and arrest followed.
Mr. French is out on bonds for his a p-
pearance next Monday. _

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Father O’Connell Dead.
Rev. Father PatrickO’Connell, aged;

1 fifty. of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic

church of Bethel, died yesterday after-:
noon at St. Mary’sparish house after a
long illness with heart disease and"
cerebral trouble.- He had been the
priest at St. Mary’s for fifteen years

and was extremely popular inthe town. _

He was widely known throughout the
Hartford diocese. Prior to his cemin'g‘
to Bethel he was a curate in the church
of the late Father Mulholland in Fair.
Haven. Since his illness,Father' Eu-
gene O’Connell of New Haven, a
brother, has attended to the duties of
the p11est of St. Mary’s.

‘

Rougn on Bethel.

'lhe Danbury News’ Bethel corres-
pondent announces that Bethel is to
have a town directory, which has be-
come “one of the needs of Bethel.”
This is another evidence-ofthe pro—

A;

_ gressive tendency of the license system.

As long as Bethel was a banner, tem-.
perance town, every citizen was able to
tell who he was, and whele he lived,
without hunting through a directory -—
New Haven Palladium.

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Of Interest to Klondikers.

The Chicago & North—VVestcrn Rail-
way company has issued a neat little
publication called “Alaska Gold Fields
and How to Reach Them.” It contains
a map engraved fli'om the latest official,
sources of informatiOn, and embodied
in the pages of the folder will be found
much information of value to the pros-
pectiveg croldseeker.

A copy will be mailed free to any of
the readers of the GAZETTE upon ap-
plication to W. B. Kniskern, G. P. A.
Chicago, Ill.

‘

Large Party fromsmmlord.

General Ticket Agent Staates of the
Consolidated road had a requisition to-
day from the ticket agent of Stamford
asking for tickets for a party of 50 or
60 people to Seattle and the Klondike.
This 15 the largest pa1ty ticketed out
of the State for the gold fields—New
Haven Register.

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- Mysterious Disappearance.

William W. Mower, a toolmaker e111-
ployed at Pratt & Whitney’s in Hart-
ford disappeared from his home two
weeks ago under peculiar conditions,
leaving a sick wife and two small chil-
dren. , Since that time nothing has
been heard from liim

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Off for the Klondike. ' . . '1 .
Thomas F. Quinlan, Charles Davis I

and Oscar Altwein of Southington and
John Condon of Plainville, left yester-
day afternoon for 91,11 Alaska gold“

- fields.- ' __.

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JUMPED A FROG.

Nine Freight and Oil Cars De-
railed at the Meadow
Street Bridge.

‘ The Accident occurred Last Night and the

Tracks Now Clear.
A freight train was wrecked about 9
o’clock last night at a point known as

the Meadow street bridge' in SouthNor- ‘

walk and 011 the Wilson Point b1 anch

'of the Consolidated railroad.

_ 1? switcher with engineer Daniels
e throttle and conductor Richard

 

Lahey In charge, was (1 owing a train

of thirteen cars from Wilson Point.

Thetrain was under a speed of about.

fifteen miles an hour.

§Vhen near the Tramway company’s
power house one of the cars jumped a
frog and before the engineer could
bring the train to a stop nine cars had
left the track including an oil tank car.

One of the trucks of the latter went
tumbling down, the embankment.
Oddly enough the trucks on the other
carsremained intact.

The cars were piled up along side
the track, one of them a box car load-
ed'with oil in barrels, was thrown par-
tially off the bridge, and the contents
drippedfrom the car to the street be-

low.
When. the accident occurred the

brakemen put on the brakes as .best
they could, and then jumped for their
lives. A11 escaped serious injury.

The wrecker was telegraphed for
from Danbury ‘and the track was at
noon to-day open for the regular t.raliic

At the point where the acmdent oc
curred there is besides the bridge a

steep Embankment, and Nthatrthe cars. ..

were not all tumbled dOWn the same is
The wreck was about
equally divided on both sideSoof the

remarkable.

bridge, with the oil car resting on the-

bridge as a keystone.

 

_ ~.A Doctor‘for Nothing.
1 . ‘ , ,
~ . “ What To. Eat ” has now provided a

physician" for its readers tormented ‘ _
with dyspepsia Or kindred ailments, in _

no less a person than the eminent spec'-
ialist Dr. A. H. Hoy M. D. .of Chi-
cago. All you haveto do 13 to describe
your symptoms, give your age, weight,
height and occupation, (not necessary
to Sign your name),- Send your letter to
“What To Eat, 1’. Minneapolis, and the
doctor will prescribe for you in the
next number. of the magazine. This

department will open in the number

following the present, which is full of
good things as usual. V

If any young lady w ants to know how
to give a Valentine Dinner that will

.amuse 'all her friends she should read

the February number. ,
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An Attachment.
Deputy Sheriff Fred S. Lyon, yestel-
day served attachment papers on prop-

erty alleged to belong to Chester F.

Tolles, of South N orwalk. The papers
were sworn out lay-Hollister 6.: Kelsey,
Bridgeportattdrneys, who seek to re-
cover on a 3 ill for $150 for services
rendered. The amount of the attach-
ment 1's for $5002}- The case is made re-
turnable befOre the Common Pleas
court, the first Tuesday in February.
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Fell Down Stairs.

Lars Johnson who has charge ' of the
liquid refreshment counter at the Ma-
hackemo, fell down a. flight of fourteen

stairs at that hotel yesterday, and had

a narrow escape’ from being killed. He
rece1ved severe bruises~on his knee
and hands, tore a new $7 pair of

trousers, and received a scare that will

cause ' him hereafter to approach 'a
flight of stairs with extleme caution.
Boy Drowned.

Willie, the 10 year old son of William
Wiler, an engineer on the Valley uivi-
sion of the Consolidated railroad was
drowned late yesterday afternoon in
Little River,'near the Keating bicycle
factory in Middletwon, by breaking
through the ice. The body was recov-
ered a few hours later. q

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. Rev. Hollister Calléd.

The Second Congregational church
of' Danbury has extended a call to Rev.
F. M. Hollister of Waterbury to be-
come its pastor. ‘

—Advertise in THE GAZETTE.

 

BREACH. or CONFIDENCE.

Ludwig Kleischcr collects a Bill After
' Having Been Discharged,

, As stated in these columns ylester-
day, a man named Ludwig Kleischer,
who for the past few weeks has been in
the employ of John Kirsch was dis—
charged on Tuesday, for good and suffi-
cient reasons.

This morning, Mr. Kirsch learned
that after Ludwig’s discharge he went
to one of his former employer’s cus-
tomers and told him that Mr. Kirsch

. would like a check for goods furnished.

Not know‘ing'of the man’s discharge he
gave the check, but afterwards became

same at the bank.
Ludwig in the meantime had secured.
a. friend to identify him at the bank,
but 'had he presented the check pay-
ment would have been refused. Wheth-
er the man has succeeded in getting
L the same cashed is not known. Kleisch-
er has left town.
fl...

- GUILFGRD Ann BRANFOBD.

 

To Have First Trials oi Sperry’s Rural
Mail Delivery.

A Washington special says: In re-
sponse to an invitation from Postmaster
General Gary, Representative Sperry
has recommended several towns in Con-
necticut in which the postoflice depart-
ment may introduce an experimental
system of rural free delivery. Two of
the towns in which the system will
probably be introduced soon are Guil-
ford and Branford. The experiment
will be conducted for a limited period,
and the expense will be met out of the
special- fund furnished to the depart-
ment for the purpose.

THE GAZETTE I’TIIIILII IIKE Tfl KIIUW

Why Justice Keeler should Withhold
his decision when Attorney Honnecker
brings a case before him.

If. Conductor. Clark’s new
pinch his feet. ' ,, I;

Whether it is usual in the courts to
place a prisoner’s guardian on the
stand to convict his ward.

' If Rev. Mr. Arthur will get the big
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AMUS‘IE‘M'E HTS. '

, Hogan’s Alley.

I nthe language of little Mickey Du-
gan, the “.Yellow Kid” of “Hogan’s
Alley,” "‘Say, wate fur me, fur I’m
wid Gilmore and Leonard, See!” And
'all that go will not be disappointed, for
it will be “the event of the season”,'for
everything is new and'in keeping With
the jolly spirit of the times. Will be
presented at Hoyt’s Theatre, Tuesday
evening, January 25th.

Fell from a Ladder.

. “Larry” Brennan while on ,a ladder
and engaged in trimmingapear tree
at the home of J. R. Raymond, South
Norwalk, yesterday afternoon, slipped
and fell to theground, a distance of ten
feet. He escaped with a few slight
bruises and a tho1ough shaking up.
He was unable, however, to work to-
day '

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Basket Ball.

There was an exciting game of has-
ket ball at the Armory last night be-
tween the 00. F. second team. and the
Berkeley school team of New York. The
first half of the game was a tie, 1 to 1.
In the last half the F. team won, the
some being 11 to 3.

—4o-o>-
. Expenses of the Boinay Trial.

Clelk Shelton of the superior court
for Fairfield county forwarded to the
comptroller’s office yesterday the bills
taxed on account of the Boinay trial.
The total is $2,556.81.

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New Deputy Collector.

Joseph C. Comstock has been appoint-
ed deputy collector for the port of New
London to succeed F. A. Starr.

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Will Lose Two Carriers.

In the general cut down of expenses
Blidgepmt will lose two of its lettel
carriers.

 

 

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Otto Seeley employed at Weed’ s cigar
store in South Norwalk is confined to
his home with an attack cf the grip.

Wheel club went to Stamford last night,
taking with them "Sea. mascot a bru-
nette named Lewis Fisher. They were
royally treated and had a jolly good
time. But “oh. what a, difference in

 

the morning.’ ' ' ~ 1‘

suspicious and stopped payment on the.

Thirty" members of the Twin City .

starting called upon his
While there he was taken in and forced. .

to

' of pleasure.

 

' stone: wnno ‘SELLECH.

A Well Known Norwalk. Grocer llleILLas
Night. - a

George Ward Selleck one of the old- 6

est‘i'n business grocerymen in Norwalk,

died at the h0me.o_f_ his brother, Rev. ,

Charles M. Selleck, on East avenue, at
5:30 o ’clock‘yesterday afternobn, aged
about 65 years, surviving his wife about
ten m6nths.

It' had for some months past been not—

ed by his friends that Mr. Selleck was

not apparently'in the best of health,
but not until Friday last did the matter
become of seriOus apprehension to
them.

On that day he had ‘proposed going
to New York on business, and. before
brother.

to retire. A physician was summoned
and prescribed for him, but he failed
to rally and died as above stated.

The deceased was a son of the late
Henry and Mary A. Selleck, and had

_ been a life-long resident of the town

and was well known to every one as an
honest and fair dealing man, 3. Chris-
tlan and a citizen in the true sense of
the WOId.

He was a member of Washington
Chapter, No. '24, R. A. M. and of Clin-
ton Commandery N o. 3. K. T. 6 He was

”also a'member of St. Paul’s church, in

which church he had long held the
office of vestl yman.

Something like thirty years ago he
started in the grocery business with A.
J. Meeker under the firm name of
Meeker & Selleck, on 'Main street.
The firm disSolved and Mr.- Selleck
then engaged in the samebusiness at
what is now 47 Main street. He later
moved to the store occupied by George
W. Raymond and later to the store on
Wall street which he conducted up to
the time of his death.

' Arrangements have not yet been.
completed for the funeral, but it wil
probably take place on Saturday and
be private.

«GODF—

T 1e Norwalk Chapter, D. A. R. will '

meet this afternoon and elect delegates
the Centin'ental congress of the
order. . g

The Autumn, Leaf club met. at the
home. of Miss Marion Louden last even-
ing. '

The remains of Daniel O’Conner
were interred- at St. Mary’s cemetery,
yesterday. They were brought here
from Elizabeth, N. J. 3:».

‘n

The Naromakg .- Gun club shooters.

will visit Stamford to-day and try to
outpoint the East Side Rod and Gun
club in shooting at clay pigeons.

The Sherman Commandery degree
team will go to Danbury, on Fiiday
evening.

Members of Concord Division, S. of
T. will attend the third anniversary of
Westport division tonight. ~. . . .
The St. Mary’s turkey supper will
take place this evening.

Second Lieutenant William 1. Com-
stock, Company F.‘ Fourth Regiment,
Norwalk, has been granted leave of ab.
sence for three months.

John Kirsch went to 'New York to-
day for the purpose of securing a, helper.

The Owl club is arranging for an-
other oneof its seances.

A number 'of South N orwalk sports
attended a party in West N orwalk last

night and‘did not get home until 5‘

o’clock this morning.

——Winuebago flour warranted to give
satisfaction or money refunded, 70c per
bag; $5. 60 per ba1 rel for Friday only.

. R. Bates, Cash Grocery, 47 Main
street.

The A O. H. sociable takes place in
K. of C. hall to-night. The weather
is not all that could be desired as fa.-

' vorable to a sociable but those who at-

tend can feel assu1 ed of no small amount

. .1'

M. S. Enwright of Newark, was in
town yesterday, in, the interest of 3.
Newark brewery. '

The Weather.

Rain, clealing Friday, colder Friday
night.

 

 

' MARRIAGES.

J ENNINGS ——STRICKL 1ND. -—I 11 Bridge-
p01t Jan. 19, by Rev. Frank" Russell,
Henry
Strickland, both of Bridgepolt.

 

DEATHS.
' O CONNELL—In Bethel, Jail. 19.

Rev. Patrick O’Connell, rector of St.
Mary’s church, aged 50 years.

SELLECK—In Norwa 11. Jan.

19.
George Ward Selleck, aged 65 years. 1

PRICE ONE 0111311., 6.: _

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